Skip to content
  • MySensors
  • OpenHardware.io
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo
  1. Home
  2. OpenHardware.io
  3. 💬 Mysensors 2.0 ethernet gateway (W5100) build.

💬 Mysensors 2.0 ethernet gateway (W5100) build.

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved OpenHardware.io
diyethernetbuildgateway
16 Posts 7 Posters 6.1k Views 7 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • sundberg84S sundberg84

    @aag86 nope, still has debug included. I use domoticz and have not seen any reconnections or timeouts in the log so far.

    aag86A Offline
    aag86A Offline
    aag86
    wrote on last edited by
    #5

    @sundberg84 Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep debug in and see what happens - will try later today.

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • LOSTL Offline
      LOSTL Offline
      LOST
      wrote on last edited by
      #6

      Looking good!

      How do you power this? From the USB or a separate powersource?

      sundberg84S 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • LOSTL LOST

        Looking good!

        How do you power this? From the USB or a separate powersource?

        sundberg84S Offline
        sundberg84S Offline
        sundberg84
        Hardware Contributor
        wrote on last edited by sundberg84
        #7

        @LOST i have cut and stripped a USB kable. So 5v from a phone charger. From 5 to 3.3v I use a le33az with capacitors.
        I dont use a usb cable connected to the arduino because the output pins on the arduino cant to provide the radio (PA/LNA version) with enough mA to work good.

        (The image is from another project, but like this:
        0_1473680853964_20160908_185554.jpg

        Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
        MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
        MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
        RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • M Offline
          M Offline
          marcoseduardo
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          Hello, may I ask you why do you use wifi and ethernet module? Does this gateway works with both connections type? Regards.

          sundberg84S 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • M marcoseduardo

            Hello, may I ask you why do you use wifi and ethernet module? Does this gateway works with both connections type? Regards.

            sundberg84S Offline
            sundberg84S Offline
            sundberg84
            Hardware Contributor
            wrote on last edited by
            #9

            @marcoseduardo - you are misstaking, im using a ethernet module and a arduino uno. There isnt any wifi module.

            Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
            MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
            MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
            RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • sundberg84S Offline
              sundberg84S Offline
              sundberg84
              Hardware Contributor
              wrote on last edited by sundberg84
              #10

              Just need to ask a general question about the voltage converter - I think i messed up.
              Im using LE33A for 3.3v but i now read here it has a limit of 0.1A. Is this enough for the LA/PNA module?
              Maybe i should go with LD111 instead, seems like it can handle 0.8A.

              Any thoughts?

              Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
              MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
              MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
              RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • kalinaK Offline
                kalinaK Offline
                kalina
                Hardware Contributor
                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                @sundberg84 LE33A isn't enough, because in your project also are W5100 Ethernet Module, Arduino and leds. Only NRF24L01+PA+LNA consumes 100 mA in peak. You can look here. LM1117-3.3V looks much better.

                sundberg84S 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • kalinaK kalina

                  @sundberg84 LE33A isn't enough, because in your project also are W5100 Ethernet Module, Arduino and leds. Only NRF24L01+PA+LNA consumes 100 mA in peak. You can look here. LM1117-3.3V looks much better.

                  sundberg84S Offline
                  sundberg84S Offline
                  sundberg84
                  Hardware Contributor
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #12

                  Thanks @kalina. As i suspected it might be tight.
                  It works for me so far, but to be sure i think the conclusion would be to use a better voltage regulator.

                  Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
                  MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
                  MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                  RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

                  kalinaK 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • sundberg84S sundberg84

                    Thanks @kalina. As i suspected it might be tight.
                    It works for me so far, but to be sure i think the conclusion would be to use a better voltage regulator.

                    kalinaK Offline
                    kalinaK Offline
                    kalina
                    Hardware Contributor
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #13

                    @sundberg84 One more note, you use long wires to connect NRF24L01+PA+LNA, you must put capacitor 100uF (at least) close to it.

                    sundberg84S 1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • kalinaK kalina

                      @sundberg84 One more note, you use long wires to connect NRF24L01+PA+LNA, you must put capacitor 100uF (at least) close to it.

                      sundberg84S Offline
                      sundberg84S Offline
                      sundberg84
                      Hardware Contributor
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #14

                      @kalina - thanks, good info.
                      Im using a 4.7uF (only seen in the last picture) connected directly to VCC/GND on the radio. Works great.

                      Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
                      MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
                      MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                      RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • A Offline
                        A Offline
                        Atilla Y.
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #15

                        Hello to all,
                        First thank you for this great project. I'm trying to build this one but I have questions about power supply:
                        1.I want to use Orange Pi zero as controller and want to use same power supply with Arduino.
                        Is it possible?
                        2. If separately used; Is it possible to use only Arduino without -capacitors and LM or LE- by using 5V out on the Arduino for Ethernet module? Just plug the USB to the Arduino and system works?

                        sundberg84S 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • A Atilla Y.

                          Hello to all,
                          First thank you for this great project. I'm trying to build this one but I have questions about power supply:
                          1.I want to use Orange Pi zero as controller and want to use same power supply with Arduino.
                          Is it possible?
                          2. If separately used; Is it possible to use only Arduino without -capacitors and LM or LE- by using 5V out on the Arduino for Ethernet module? Just plug the USB to the Arduino and system works?

                          sundberg84S Offline
                          sundberg84S Offline
                          sundberg84
                          Hardware Contributor
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #16

                          @atilla-y

                          1. Orange Pi is a controller and not a gateway. If you are suggesting you want to use the 5v adapter to power both controller and gateway I can not answer you. It might work but in the same time it might be to weak or to much interference. Try! If you get alof of random freezes and/or bad network communication you might want to seperate them

                          2. It might work - but using the nrf24l01+ amplified requiers some more juice than then pro mini/uno/nano can handle so I suggest using a power in with a good voltage regulator (that can provide high current) and then split of to each unit.

                          Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
                          MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
                          MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                          RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          1
                          Reply
                          • Reply as topic
                          Log in to reply
                          • Oldest to Newest
                          • Newest to Oldest
                          • Most Votes


                          18

                          Online

                          11.7k

                          Users

                          11.2k

                          Topics

                          113.1k

                          Posts


                          Copyright 2025 TBD   |   Forum Guidelines   |   Privacy Policy   |   Terms of Service
                          • Login

                          • Don't have an account? Register

                          • Login or register to search.
                          • First post
                            Last post
                          0
                          • MySensors
                          • OpenHardware.io
                          • Categories
                          • Recent
                          • Tags
                          • Popular